Crosses Chicago River Construction started 1916 Total length 74 m Bridge type Bascule bridge | Official name La Salle Street Bridge Opened 1928 Location Chicago Body of water Chicago River | |
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Pedestrians Locale Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Other name(s) Marshall Suloway Bridge Maintained by Chicago Department of Transportation Similar Wells Street Bridge, Franklin Street Bridge, Clark Street Bridge, Dearborn Street Bridge, Bascule bridge | ||
The La Salle Street Bridge (officially the Marshall Suloway Bridge) is a single-deck double-leaf trunnion bascule bridge spanning the main stem of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, that connects the Near North Side with the Loop area. It was constructed in 1928 at a cost of $2,500,000 by the Strobel Steel Constructing Company.
The bridge was part of a scheme to widen LaSalle Street and improve access from the Loop to the north side of the river that had been proposed as early as 1902. The design of the bridge, along with those for new bridges at Madison, Franklin, and Clark streets, was approved in 1916.
The Chicago City Council renamed the bridge in 1999 to honor former Chicago Department of Public Works Commissioner Marshall Suloway.
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